Chidambaram parries questions on controversial 2G note

NEW DELHI: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday refused to speak on the truce between him and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on the controversial 2G note and entered into a banter with journalists on whether he offered to quit.

At his monthly press conference on the Home Ministry's working, a reporter asked him whether yesterday's truce was a defeat for Mukherjee and a win for you.

"I don't recall anything of that in the Ministry of Home Affairs," Chidambaram said.

"Frankly, I have a very short memory. I cannot recollect," he told a reporter when asked whether he had offered to resign and a round of laughter followed.

"How many times have you offered to resign?," a reporter persisted.

"Along with short memory, I am also poor in counting," the Home Minister shot back.

"At least once?," the reporter tried yet again. "Actually, I am learning numeracy," Chidamabarm said.